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Summer Music Festivals

Strategize where to spend the summer. In addition to helping you hone your craft and work with experts, festivals can help you develop a specialty (new music, baroque, chamber, etc), build musical networks, and open up new markets (abroad and within the US).

So, make a career coaching appointment to articulate your foals, and then use the resources at your fingertips – faculty knowledge, fellow colleagues, and resources such as the follow links – to find the right experience for you.

Festivals

Classical

Festival Name Program Type Apply Date
American Bach Soloists Academy Early Music February 28
Amherst Early Music Festival Early Music, Dance May 15
AIMS-Graz (Austria) Vocal, Orchestral, Piano Rolling Acceptance September 15 to March 10, Instrumental

Rolling Acceptance November 1 to March 15, Piano

Rolling Acceptance September 15 to April 15, Voice
Aria International Summer Academy Violin, Cello, Flute, Clarinet April 2
Aspen Music Festival and School Opera, Orchestral, Collaborative Piano, Conducting, Contemporary Music September 1, Opera

November 15, Conducting
December 15, Collaborative Piano

January 5, Contemporary Ensemble

January 5, Solo Piano
January 5, Instrumental
Atlantic Music Festival Institute Instrumental, Vocal, Chamber, Conducting, Composition 2027 Season- Applications open on September 15, 2026
Bang On A Can Summer Festival New Music January 11
Banff Center for the Arts and Creativity (Canada) Opera, Chamber, Composition,
Individual Project Sessions (Seasonal)		 November 15, Chamber Music

November 19, Fuse: Music Residency

November 19, Opera
January 21, Jazz & Sonic Arts
December 3, Piano
Blossom Music Festival Instrumental, Chamber, Piano February 1
Bowdoin International Music Festival Instrumental, Composition, Piano, Chamber All Applications (Fellowship, Instrumental, Composition) Open November 15, 2025
Brevard Music Center Summer Institute & Festival Opera, Orchestral, Instrumental, Composition,  Collaborative Piano January 20, Opera
February 15, Orchestral, Composition,
March 15, Solo and Collaborative Piano, Jazz, Classical Guitar
March 15, Saxophone, Low Brass Seminar, Flute Seminar
Britten-Pears Arts Aldeburgh Festival (England) Instrumental, Voice Rolling
Centrum Summer Festival Chamber Music, Voice Applications Open October 1, 2025, Chamber

Registration Opens January 2, 2026, Voice
Chautauqua Institution & Festival Opera, Orchestral, Piano, Conducting, Chamber Music Feb 1, Instrumental
Feb 15, Piano, Conducting
Nov 1, Opera
Clazz International Music Festival (Italy) Crossover Classical and Jazz February 15
Colorado College Summer Music Festival Orchestral, Chamber Music February 15
Cortona Sessions for New Music (Italy) Composition, Instrumental February 1
Credo National Festival Orchestral, String Quartet February 15
Domaine Forget International Music and Dance Academy (Quebec, Canada) Instrumental, Chamber Music February 6, Woodwind, Brass, Strings, Timpani, Voice, Piano, Harpsichord, Chamber Music, Chamber Orchestra, Conducting, Acoustic Ecology

February 7, Saxophone

April 1, Choir, Guitar & Lute
Hot Springs Music Festival Orchestral 2026 Info TBA
Madeline Island Chamber Music Chamber Music (Strings), Collaborative Piano February 15, Piano

February 16, Strings
Marrowstone Music Festival Orchestral Application opens November 24, 2025
Meadowmount School of Music Strings January 14
Monteux School & Music Festival Orchestral, Conducting January 15
Mostly Modern Festival Instrumental, Conducting, Piano, Composition January 15, Composition
March 15, Instrumental, Conducting, Piano
Music Academy of the West Instrumental, Collaborative Piano, Voice, Emerging Artist String Quartets October 15, Voice
January 15, Collaborative Piano
February 5, Instrumental, Solo Piano, String Quartet
Music at Menlo Festival & Chamber Music Institute Chamber Music (String & Piano) January 5
National Orchestral Institute at Kennedy Center Orchestral January 20
National Repertory Orchestra Orchestral, Conducting January 25
Nief-Norf Summer Festival Instrumental, Composition February 15
Norfolk Chamber New Music, Chamber, Voice, Conducting January 3, New Music Workshop, Chamber Music Session

March 12, Chamber Choir & Choral Conducting Workshop

 
NYU Summer Sessions Various Summer 2026 Information Coming Soon
Oberlin Baroque Performance Institute Early Music 2026 Info TBA
Opera in the Ozarks Opera January 31
Oregon Bach Festival – Berwick Academy Early Music 2026 Info TBA
Pacific Music Festival (Japan) Orchestral January 14
PRISMA (British Columbia, Canada) Orchestral, Conducting February 28
Ravinia Steans Festival Voice, Instrumental, Composition, Jazz September 30, Voice

December 10, Piano & Strings: Collaborative Piano

January 15, Piano, Strings, Composition, Jazz
Rocky Ridge Music Center Instrumental, Chamber Early Bird deadline: February 15

Final Deadline: March 15
Round Top Festival Institute Orchestral, Conducting February 2
San Francisco Early Music Society Summer Workshops & Classes Early Music Rolling
Sarasota Music Festival Orchestral, Conducting February 15
Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival (Germany) Orchestral December 14
Scotia Festival of Music (Nova Scotia, Canada) Chamber Music 2026 Info TBA
Sewanee Music Festival Opera, Orchestral, Composition February 15, Opera
March 24, Instrumental, Composition
Talis Festival & Academy Chamber Music, Composition 2026 Info TBA
Tafelmusik Baroque Summer Institute Early Music 2026 Info TBA
Taneycomo Festival Orchestra Orchestral March 1
Tanglewood Music Center Composition, Vocal Arts, Instrumental, Conducting, Piano, Library 2026 Applications Closed, Vocal Arts, Composition
2026 Applications Closed, Conducting
2026 TBA, Library Program
January 22, Instrumental (live audition)February 3, Instrumental (video audition)
Piano 2026 TBA
Texas Music Festival Orchestral, Voice, Piano, Jazz February 6, Orchestral Institute
Voice, Piano 2026 TBA
Verbier Festival Academy Instrumental, Conducting, Voice, Chamber January 16, Chamber, Orchestral, Conducting
Yellow Barn Summer Festival Instrumental, Chamber January 11, Live audition
January 11, Video audition
Youth Orchestra of the Americas Orchestral, Conducting, Composition Rolling for harp, clarinet, double bass, bassoon, oboe and percussion

2026 Conducting & Composition applications closed